Solace? That's why God made fermented beverages and the blues.

Society had a crime problem. It hired cops to attack crime. Now society has a cop problem.

Nobody quite knew what to make of the moon any more.

Society in general maintains such a vested interested in its cozy habits and solidified belief systems that it had rather die - or kill - than entertain change. Consider how threatened religious fundamentalists of all faiths remain to this day by science in general and Darwin in particular.

The mission of the artist in an over-technologi zed society, is to call the old magic back to life.

Just because something didn't happen doesn't mean it isn't true.

Albert Camus wrote that the only serious question is whether to kill yourself or not. Tom Robbins wrote that the only serious question is whether time has a beginning and an end. Camus clearly got up on the wrong side of bed, and Robbins must have forgotten to set the alarm. There is only one serious question. And that is: Who knows how to make love stay? Answer me that and I will tell you whether or not to kill yourself.